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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Tonight We're the Windy City, but There Will Be Music Blowin All Next Week.

November 21, 2010

Another busy week for me, so again nothing but jazz listings. But, as we head toward turkey and football next week, let us pause to reflect on those struggling jazz musicians around town and give thanks. Or just go out to hear some.... Sunday, November 21, 2010 Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am ...

News: Music Industry

Get More Mileage out of Your Projects by Bringing Your Fans into Your World

November 18, 2010

There's a very good reason people do things like take pictures, write journals (or, these days, blogs), and collect souvenirs. We want to capture a moment in time and hold on to it, reflect on it later and possibly share it with others, make them feel like they were there. The David Crowder*Band have just released ...

News: Radio

Radio vs. on-Demand: Why Make Them Choose?

November 21, 2010

Here's your cake: millions of on-demand songs at your fingertips, with or without a payment obligation attached. But it turns out that listeners don't want to play deejay all the time. Instead, a more passive, lean-back experience often does the trick—that is, until the listener wants something specific. So why make them choose? That's sort of ...

News: Music Industry

Lack of Passion and Caring About Music at Majors

November 19, 2010

In an interview with the Village Voice, DJ Premier shared his thoughts on the record industry. Mainly, what has changed in it since he first came out. What Premier says isn't surprising. But it's worth sharing. Is the passion gone? “I'm 44-years-old so I remember when the majors had passion and cared about music. That's gone ...

News: Opinion

Epic Gives Up the Ghost: Gal President is Fired for Smoking Pot and Being a Bitch

November 19, 2010

Is the firing of Epic President, Amanda Ghost a sign that women are the new scapegoat for the “failing" music biz? Ah, what happened to the days when being a music executive meant you could party with the acts in your office, sleep late, yell at underlings and get rewarded even if your numbers were bad? ...

News: Rights

Another Strike Against 'Copyleft': Senate Judiciary Passes Hard-Hitting S.3804...

November 19, 2010

A very forceful S.3804 is moving right along, thanks to a unanimous approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. In short, the bill—known as the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, or COICA - gives the Department of Justice the ability to shut down infringing sites, among other enforcement powers. It has also been part ...

News: Interview

Ain't but a Few of Us: Author Karen Chilton

November 20, 2010

Several weeks ago at a Brooklyn book signing at the MoCADA gallery for native son Randy Weston and our new book African Rhythms (Composed by Randy Weston, Arranged by Willard Jenkins published by Duke University Press; see elsewhere in The Independent Ear) I had the pleasure of meeting author and thespian Karen Chilton. Most recently she ...

News: Opinion

Democratize Your Office Music Listening Sessions

November 21, 2010

Everyone knows that good music makes you work better. Bad music, on the other hand, kills your groove. And there's no perfect way to democratize office music listening sessions, because we all like different stuff. The Breakfast company has set out to make your cubicle life better. They've released Pandora and Last.fm branded station-rating terminals. Now ...

News: Interview

How Pros Hurt Creativity and Weaken Local Ecology

November 21, 2010

(Updated) Recently, I spoke with Mike Masnick, who is the founder of TechDirt, a leading technology and insight blog. In this interview, Masnick share his thoughts on how performing rights organizations (PROs) harm up-and-coming acts by insisting that small coffee shops, bars, and venues pay large licensing fees, in the event that cover songs are played ...

News: Music Industry

Why Dead Labels Are Fertilizer for Music Startups...

November 21, 2010

A disproportionately high number of startups fail, but music-related startups are almost statistically guaranteed to bite the dust. And frequently, death strikes because of complications related to licensing. Sure, plenty of concepts are hair-brained—Spiralfrog, BurnLounge, and iMesh among them. But others, like Pandora, have dialed intoreal consumer sweet spots. But Pandora is surviving despite ridiculous licensing ...